Exempt employees

Exempt employees do not track, earn or receive overtime
compensation for hours worked in excess of 40 per week. These employees are
paid a salary for performing the whole job and not for actual hours
worked.

Being exempt from the FLSA generally means that:

the job requires some flexibility in work hours
to do what is necessary to complete the work

there are no restrictions on the number of hours
an exempt employee can work in a week, including hours worked outside of normal
University working hours or beyond the normal work schedule

Exempt employees are not required to complete time sheets,
but must complete Request of Absence (ROA) forms to account for time off.

Although exempt employees are not eligible for overtime
compensation or compensatory time off regardless of the number of hours worked,
supervisors may offer flexible time off when exempt employees work an
excessive number of hours.

Non-exempt employees

Non-exempt positions typically include:

student workers

graduate assistants

temporary employees

some classified staff positions

Non-exempt employees are paid on an hourly basis and must
receive overtime compensation or compensatory time off for any hours physically
worked in excess of 40 hours per work week.

Non-exempt employees must be paid for time worked, even if
they do the work from home and/or indicate they don’t want to be paid for it.
Non-exempt employees cannot donate or volunteer time doing normal or
work-related activities.

Every non-exempt employee is required to fill out a
bi-weekly time sheet.